Hi Kimiko, You could bop over toKass McGann's website "Reconstructing History".. Kass makes,researches and sell Historic patters,(much like Margo) she and her husband also portray people of this time period at one of the local historical villages near her. She answers email questions on all periods she does. Hope that helps Melody (waving to you from Margo's Patterns Group)
--- On Thu, 1/6/11, Kimiko Small <sstormwa...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Kimiko Small <sstormwa...@yahoo.com> Subject: [h-cost] 1620s jacket vs waistcoat To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> Date: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 1:09 PM Hi all, I've been reading through the old Plymouth Plantation embroidery blog for their reproduction embroidered jacket, and they were talking about waistcoats and jackets, but in a way that made them seem interchangeable. I've tried googling their blog directly to see if they explain anywhere what the differences or similarities are, but all I found was one article that mention jackets, while the links themselves mention 3 waistcoats and 1 jacket. http://thistle-threads.com.mytempweb.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/new-jackets-to-view/ There was an earlier article where they said that the women would wear their smocks, petticoats and stays while indoors, but would not leave their homes without wearing a waistcoat or a jacket. I had thought waistcoats were like vests, but this is a time period that is new to me so I am not sure what they meant by waistcoat. Would anyone here be able to explain what the differences are, if any? Thank you, Kimiko Kimiko Small http://www.kimiko1.com "Be the change you want to see in the world." ~ Ghandi The Tudor Lady's Wardrobe pattern http://www.margospatterns.com/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
